re: Underrated SNL Cast Members

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Jan Hooks

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I wouldn't call her underrated for people who watched her. I mean, she's up there with Phil Hartman as one of the best of all-time.

People talk about Gilda still and Jane Curtin and Myers and Murphy and Chase and Aykroyd, etc. But for the 1980's - the best decade for SNL IMO. It was Hartman and Hooks that really saved and revived the show...

Murphy left real early in the decade...and the show stunk.

Lorne Michaels came back and fired everyone...and the 1986 season was born:

Dana Carvey
Nora Dunn
Phil Hartman
Jan Hooks
Victoria Jackson
Jon Lovitz
Dennis Miller
A. Whitney Brown
Kevin Nealon

Those two were the stars of the show for 4 years. Mike Myers didn't come on until 1988 and didn't feature Wayne's World until 1989.